The CDC became the latest government organization to suffer Trump’s from federal worker layoffs as dozens of employees, including entire departments, were gutted in a Friday night “massacre.”

The New York Times reports that the layoffs hit “roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers,” “high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office.” The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which reports on emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.

“I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a reduction in force (RIF) action,” reads the email to laid off employees. “After you receive this notice, you will be placed on administrative leave and no longer have building access beginning Friday, October 10.”

The CDC layoffs mark the most significant of Trump

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